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The ancients also liked music. Who were the famous musicians in ancient China?
Yu Boya, Shi Kuang, Li Yannian, Li Guinian and Jiang Kui.

Yu Boya 1

Boya was a native of Chu State (now Jingzhou, Hubei Province) during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Although he was a native of Chu, he practiced medicine in Jin and was proficient in piano art. Bo Ya touched the piano and met his bosom friend, which was the story that happened on his way home from visiting relatives.

This story was first handed down orally by the people, and there is no exact record in history. Among ancient books, Lieyukou, a native of A Zheng in the Warring States Period, wrote Liezi at the earliest, including a story about Boya playing the piano.

Boya was a famous pianist at that time, who was good at playing lyre and had superb skills. He is not only an expert in piano performance, but also a composer, and is regarded as the "piano fairy". It first appeared in Liezi Tang Wen. Xunzi's "Persuade to Learn" also said that "Bo Ya drums, six horses lean backwards", which shows his superb piano playing skills.

The taste of Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals records the story of guqin meeting a bosom friend and understanding the story of guqin in the mountains and rivers. "Cao Qin" records that after three years of unsuccessful piano learning, the teacher took him to Penglai Mountain in the East China Sea to listen to the sound of surging sea water and the whining of birds, so he wrote "Water Cao Xian" with emotion.

The Qin songs "Mountain", "Running Water" and "Water Cao Xian" are legendary works of Boya. Later generations also created the piano music "Diaozi" based on the story of wrestling with Xie Lianqin.

2. Shi Kuang

Shi Kuang, whose real name is Ye Zi, was born in Huanhu Village, Nanhe County, Hebei Province (translated by Lv Deming as Zhuangzi Pian Mu), a famous musician and Taoist in the Spring and Autumn Period. He was born without eyes, so he called himself a blind minister. As a doctor of Jin, also known as Jin Ye, he is knowledgeable and versatile, especially good at music, playing the piano and discriminating sounds. It was praised as "the wisdom of Shi Kuang" by later generations.

Shi Kuang said in "On Yuan Jun's Road": "A gentleman's way is to be honest and do nothing, to serve humanity, to be virtuous, to broaden his eyes and ears, to look at all parties, not to indulge in selfish desires, not to be bound by the left and right, to be broad-minded, far-sighted, to be independent, to save performance appraisal repeatedly, and to be a courtier.

So is this man's fuck. "His artistic attainments are extremely high, and many magical stories about Shi Kuang's music are attached to folk music. Shi Cun Shi Kuang Tomb Site in Quting Town, Hongtong County.

3. Li Yannian

Li Yannian, a musician in the Western Han Dynasty, was born in an unknown year. He was used by Emperor Wu in the spring of 1 12. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty favored Li Furen's younger brother. The Li family has been handed down from generation to generation. Li Yannian and his sister Li Furen are both very fond of family, singing and dancing well, and their looks are gratifying.

Li Yannian was initially punished for breaking the law and was responsible for keeping dogs in the palace. Later, because he was good at melody, he was quite loved by Emperor Wu. One day, I sang a song for Emperor Wu: "There are beautiful women in the north, and they are peerless and independent. They care about the city, then the country. I'd rather not know the whole city and country, and it's hard to get another beauty. " Because of this, Li Yannian's sister was later named Li Furen, and Li Furen was posthumously named as the Queen of Hanwu after the death of Hanwu.

Li Fusheng gave birth to Liu Bo, the king of Changyi, and died soon after his birth. Li Yannian was also named "Master Xie Law", who was in charge of the management of musical instruments in the palace, and was deeply loved by Emperor Wu. "It's so lucky to lie in bed with him as if he were Han Yan." He became the Toy Boy of Emperor Wu.

Li Yannian had a profound influence on the melody lyrics of later generations. Regardless of ethics, his music works are all for the rule of feudal dynasties. Culturally, his masterpiece Song of Beauty plays a pioneering role in five-character poems.

4. Li Guinian

Li Guinian (696 -762), born in Bairen, xing zhou (now west of Longyao County, Hebei Province), was a musician in the Tang Dynasty and the son of Li Jingbo. Li Guinian is good at singing, playing cymbals, playing Jie drums and composing music. Wei Chuan Qu, written by Li Pengnian and Li Henian, was especially appreciated by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty.

After the Anshi Rebellion, Li Guinian went to the south of the Yangtze River (here refers to the south of the Tang Dynasty, which is in Hunan today; Jiang Zuo of the Tang Dynasty (now Jiangnan) sang several songs every time he met the beautiful scenery, which often made the listener cry. As a disciple of Li Yuan, Li Guinian was favored by Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty for many years, and his feelings with Xuanzong were very human.

I sang a song by Wang Wei, "A Chuan Song": "The breeze and the bright moon have been thinking hard about acacia, and I have been in the army for more than ten years. I asked someone to go to Japan to pay attention, and the geese came back with a book. " I hope that Tang Xuanzong is lucky in the south. After singing, he suddenly fainted. Four days later, Li Guinian woke up again and finally died of depression.

5. Jiang Kui

Jiang Kui (Kuí) (1154-1221) was born in Poyang, Raozhou (now Poyang County, Jiangxi Province). Writers and musicians in the Southern Song Dynasty.

He is a poor boy, who has tried many times. He has never been an official all his life, and he has been wandering the rivers and lakes all his life, helping his friends by selling words for a living. He is versatile, proficient in temperament, able to compose his own music, and clear pronunciation and mellow voice. His works are famous for their ethereal subtlety. Jiang Kui is good at poetry, prose, calligraphy and music, and is another rare artistic all-rounder after Su Shi.

Jiang Kui's ci has a wide range of themes, such as feeling of time, lyricism, chanting things, love, writing scenery, remembering trips, arranging festivals, making friends and giving gifts. In his poems, he expressed that although he was in the Jianghu, he never forgot the feelings of the monarch and the minister and the thoughts of harming the heavens and the earth, described his wandering life, and expressed his depressed mood of being unworthy of the world and frustrated in love, as well as his transcendent and refined character like a lonely cloud and wild crane.

Jiang Kui lived in the West Lake at night and was buried in Ximacheng. Many books have been handed down, including Poems of Taoist White Stone, Songs of Taoist White Stone, Continued Book Score and Jiang Tieping.

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